This is our all time favorite pie. We have eaten it for years with the bottom crust. Recently, I decided to forgo the crust out of sheer laziness. What a treat it was! Simply reduce the total cooking time by 25 minutes if you exclude the crust.
Ingredients:
- 1 unbaked pie crust in deep dish pie pan (optional)
Filling::
- ½ C packed brown sugar
- 2 T cornstarch
- ½ tspn cinnamon
- ¼ tspn ground ginger
- 1/8 tspn ground nutmeg
- 6 C thinly sliced peeled pears
- 1 T lemon juice
Topping:
- 2/3 C all-purpose flour
- 1/3 C packed brown sugar
- 1/3 C Earth Balance
Preparation:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Combine filling ingredients and spoon into crust (if used). Bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes.
- Meanwhile, combine the topping ingredients until crumbly.
- Sprinkle over the filling and return to oven for another 40 minutes.
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